The Life of George Washington

Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843. Reissue. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Peale, C.W.; Stuart, Gilbert; Woolaston, John [Wollaston]. Reissue of Sabin 88986, Howes S816. Rebacked with buckram over original boards. Includes all 14 plates, though they are not in the places designated by the table of contents, but appear somewhat randomly throughout the text. Top corner of title page torn away, with corresponding 1 inch closed tear to first text page, moderately foxed throughout, ink names on front endpapers. 1843 Full-Leather. xix, 562 pp. 8vo. Reissue of the biographical portion of The Writings of Washington (Sabin 88988) - Sparks notes in the preface that "the contents of this volume are essentially the same, as those of the volume prefixed to Washington's Writings. It being designed chiefly for readers, who may not have access to that work, such additions have been made, as the prescribed space would admit, and as would contribute to enhance its value in this form of a separate publication." Illustrated with maps and engraved plates, including: Mount Vernon; Portrait of Washington by Peale; Battle at Braddock's Defeat; Portrait of Mrs. [Martha] Washington by Woolaston; Head-Quarters at Cambridge; Plan of Boston and Environs; Head-Quarters at Morristown; Battle of the Brandywine; Battle of Germantown; Encampment at Valley Forge; Head-Quarters at Newburg; Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon; Portrait of Washington by Stuart; Facsimile of Washington's Handwriting.